"Hubert Holin" <Hubert.Holin@meteo.fr> wrote in message news:Hubert.Holin-6DA78B.18275104052005@sea.gmane.org...
Paris (U.E.), le 04/05/2005
Bonjour
In article <6.0.3.0.2.20050422110501.042b2a20@mailhost.esva.net>, Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> wrote:
The C++ standards committee's Library Working Group has proposed a schedule for library changes and extensions:
* October 2005: cutoff date for C++0x major library proposals * October 2006: cutoff date for library TR2 proposals
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So far there are plans to propose Boost.Threads, Boost.Filesystem, and Boost.Signals. As well as proposals for some of the more major libraries, I personally hope someone will do a sweep through Boost looking at some of the smaller utilities and helpers for a possible "Small Additions" proposal.
--Beman
Dare I say that this time around I would try to not drop the ball (again) and propose the quaternions and octonions as possible "Small Additions"?
Walter Brown and Marc Paterno from Fermilab are the LWG's numerics guys. If they are in favor of such a proposal, it would be a big help. I'd suggest you contact them and ask for their opinions. Contact me privately if you need their email addresses. Normally I would volunteer to champion almost any proposal coming out of Boost, but I don't even know how to pronounce quaternion or octonion! --Beman